No fewer than 10, 000 applicants on Tuesday besieged the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to obtain application forms to teach in public primary schools.

The recruitment exercise, which started on Monday, attracted thousands of applicants from all the 16 Local Governments Areas of the state.

The Nation gathered that the applicants bombarded the commission headquarters, Ado Ekiti, state capital at about 6:30 am to collect the application forms.

It was also learnt that a large portion of the applicants do not fall into the category of personnel advertised by the board.

The recruitment exercise was sequel to the approval of Governor Kayode Fayemi that the board should fill existing vacancies in public primary schools.

The applicants submitted applications in response to an earlier announcement that interested National Certificate in Education and Bachelor in Education holders should report at the office for the recruitment exercise.

The SUBEB Chairman, Prof. Francesca Aladejana in a telephone chat with The Nation, said the turn out of the applicants was massive.

This, he said, compelled the commission to postpone temporarily the ongoing recruitment of teachers into public primary schools.



She said the recruitment process was put on hold to prevent stampede among the thousands of applicants that thronged the SUBEB office to collect the application forms.

Aladejana, who said that the Board is re-strategising to make the employment forms easily accessible to applicants, stated that SUBEB may opt for the use of electronic application process so that applicants can download their forms without necessarily coming to SUBEB office.

The Board chairman disclosed that no fewer than 10,000 applicants had registered to collect the forms in the first day of the two-day exercise.

She added the Board cannot afford to let the applicants rush and injure one another in the process of jostling for the forms.

“We have to postpone the excercise because we didn’t know that they will turn out in such a large number.

“We underestimated the job that young graduates are not likely to come to teach in public primary school. But I tell you today that even people with Master degrees turned up.

“Before the applicants came, we had made solid arrangements for the distribution of the forms. We had 16 centres, one for each local government so that we won’t have reasons for applicants rushing to collect the forms and to forestall too much crowd we specifically indicated that we want only NCE holders and graduates with teaching subjects in the primary school.

“This had gone round but to our amazement this morning, we had unprecedented crowd; the crowd was unimaginable.

“The whole place was filled up. The candidates were rushing and were out of control.

“We had pregnant women, nursing mothers carrying babies and women holding young children; all of them in the crowd.

“It was at that stage that we thought if we start distributing forms and people are rushing, there could be stampede. We don’t want any casualty,” she said.

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That shows the true state of the nation.

Still seeking and soliciting for assistance for my school fees. May God touch your heart to help a brother, amen.

My phone number is 090.17.64.02.89 for proofs.

This country taya me eh. But God dey sha.

Let them suffer it. They all thought Sowore was stupid

I dont like the guy for anything. But, when it comes to fighting for your own right, I wonder why people are so stvpid and untruthful to themselves

Now see them fighting for useless jobs.

Unfortunately for them, their unborn kids will likely fight for cleaner job.

Watin consign me. I came out to protest and saw no one doin that over here in Ebonyi..

Mtcheeew...we die here together

later they will say education is key. key to what

God help Nigeria.
It is only the government that is really thriving as self-sufficient hence the mad rush.
Lack of enabling environment has deadened the majority's wish to seek other 'risky' alternatives besides government jobs.

Next level

The hustle is real

sounds like fake news

They should only employ professional teachers. Anything else will be a disaster.

Teachers are trained to teach. They are trained to make the student understand. They are trained to reach the hearts of the students.

That's why you have English and you have English Education. They are two different things.

Chineke!


Honestly, except you are in academics or you don't want to stay at home.....I no know who MSc epp againoooooo...


God helep your people abeg

Why can't this application be done online to avoid stampede? Why are applications still done manially? It only shows low IT finesse by the board.

Education is important.. But it really isn't everything.. They sold us lies as children.. They said we shall have our future secure if we went to school and did well.. Well reality has dawn on us.. High time today youth look into skilled and manual labor.. Lot of money to be made there

The only solution to this country's problems is to reduce her President's, governor's, senator's, minister's, honourable's, chairman's, councillor's salary and allowances then you'll see patriotic people take over them sits and turn her situation around...... This is therefore called revolution

Zoological Republic.

Ta I better go pick military form, I no that the pay will be better

Naija my kwontry

Out of the 8 years fayose spent, no single person employed, spit-+

This is Nigeria

the FG can kill unemployment by squashing NYSC


and sending graduates on 3 months skill acquisition

and a 400k grant at the end

we can afford it, rather than sending someone on one year sufferhead and fling them back to poverty

but the useless senators dont make laws like this, cause all they want is sitting and standing allowances

and the president wont think in such direction, what he knows is RUGA

useless country with no future

Chaiii....na county b dis or weytin

realestniggah:
Education is important.. But it really isn't everything.. They sold us lies as children

.........

No no bro,...... They system changed the concept ......dont think is all over

Thank u! Half bread is better than chenchen.

hmmmm
Only God knows the salary.

My only issue is that why can’t they apply for the form online instead of paper application.

I don’t know if the governor or the directors coordinating this recruiting exercise are thinking right coz you’re giving peanut jobs while making it stressful for the applicants to even apply.

Nawa for Nigeria!

B4 na who go do the work?
If pay was like 100k now nobody go shout
But who is going to do the work if everybody runs?

Some of them borrowed money from street gala hackers to pay transport down there

still looking for wher they wrote masters holders followed to apply

hypertension:


Let them suffer it. They all thought Sowore was stupid

I dont like the guy for anything. But, when it comes to fighting for your own right, I wonder why people are so stvpid and untruthful to themselves

Now see them fighting for useless jobs.

Unfortunately for them, their unborn kids will likely fight for cleaner job.

Watin consign me. I came out to protest and saw no one doin that over here in Ebonyi..

Mtcheeew...we die here together

Your moniker though.

Can you imagine ?!